The Bad Crypto Podcast

Two AIs enter. One narrative leaves.

In this episode of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel and Travis hand the debate over to their AI companions — Merlin, the bullish wizard who sees magic in the markets, and Vinny, the cynical crypto hustler who thinks the cycle is cooked. The question: Is th...

In episode 794 of The Bad Crypto Podcast, the Republic of Bad Cryptopia is going through major life upgrades. Travis has officially moved to Dubai to become Chief Innovation & Web3 Marketing Officer at MultiBank.io, leading their $MBG token,...

The biggest crypto liquidation in history just rocked the markets as President Trump drops a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports, sparking a global sell-off that hit crypto first and hardest. But even as traders panic, Bitcoin is surging ahead of the Fed meeting, teasing a new all-time high.

We’re breaking down the chaos — from $431 million in token unlocks to the mysterious rise of Hyperliquid, the DeFi exchange everyon...

What if trading Bitcoin memecoins was as easy as logging in with your wallet and clicking “go”?

This week, we’re pleased to welcome Bob Bodily, CEO of Toniq Labs, to discuss the platform that’s turning that vision into reality. No gas fees, no headaches, just fast and simple memecoin creation and trading that could change the game for all memecoins.

From the Internet Computer to Bitcoin, Toniq has been pushi...

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin play might crash the gates of the S&P 500 as early as Friday, Dogecoin moons on a $6M ETF launch, and Argentina’s peso freefall has Bitcoiners saying “told you so.”

The U.S. Treasury is tinkering with stablecoin rules, lawmakers want crypto in your 401(k), and Tether swears it’s not bailing on Uruguay. Meanwhile, Ted Cruz drops a bill for an AI sandbox, and Google admits it...

Bitcoin is en fuego—up 8% in September for its best month in 13 years as markets welcome a Fed rate cut. A sleeping whale just moved 1,000 BTC after 12 years, and political drama swirls around the Fed.

Meanwhile, Google and Coinbase team up to bring stablecoin payments to AI agents, Dogecoin lands its own ETF (yes, seriously), and the U.S.–UK crypto alliance may reshape stablecoin regulation.

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The crypto community once again is dodging digital landmines as Ledger’s CTO screams “stop those onchain transactions!” thanks to a sneaky NPM supply chain attack hitting over a billion downloads. That’s right, hackers are out here snatching crypto like it’s candy. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Hyper’s presale is going full supernova, Oracle’s AI cloud dreams are spiking their stock, and Trump Media i...

An OG whale has unloaded 25,000 Bitcoin, sending the price lower. Ethereum hits a new all-time high. And Crypto.com scores with a Trump treasury. 

Are we on the verge of a major dump and is the bull market over? Or are things just getting lit for a massive takeoff?  We’ll look at the charts and stuff to give our take.

Expect a little AI update as well since we are transitioning to humanoid creatures for the next cen...

Is crypto teetering on the precipice of a huge pullback or are we just setting up for the next move up? All eyes are on Jerome Powell to see if the fed is planning rate cuts. But should Bitcoin care? The US Treasury secretary is flip-flopping on Bitcoin.  But you know who isn’t flipping or flopping?  We aren’t. Now into our ninth year of covering this space, we got the latest Bitcoin, blockchain and AI news yo...

In the beginning, there were Cryptokitties. Well, maybe it wasn’t THE beginning, but it was the beginning of NFTs. In 2020, there were Blockchain Heroes.  And meanwhile on Ethereum, some Punks and Apes took over the world, with some NFTs commanding 7-figure prices.  The world was rife with birds, mutants, doodles and all varieties of digital art.

Then, the crash happened. And it happened bigly. The promise of digita...

In this episode, we dive deep into the future of blockchain interoperability with the minds behind Apex Fusion — Jerry Fragiskatos (CEO of HAL8 and former Chief Commercial Officer at Cardano) and Tom Flynn (Founder & COO of Apex Fusion). These industry veterans are building what they call a “unified Web3 landscape,” connecting the isolated islands of today’s blockchains into a seamless, interoperable eco...

You may have heard a little bit about what Michael Saylor and his company, Strategy, are doing by acquiring truckloads of Bitcoin. But do you understand the full scope of his master plan? 

Today we’ve invited our friend John Lee Dumas, host of Strategy Today show on Youtube, to fill us in on Saylor’s “Infinite Money Glitch” and how his certainty that Bitcoin is going to $21 million dollars is setting up...

July 16, 2017. A day that will live in infamy. It was the day that Sir Lord Travis Wright and I invaded the beaches of Normandy… no, it was the day that we got on a space shuttle to become astronauts… well, ok. It was the day we decided to say words about Bitcoin, record them, and share them with the world. Perhaps not as epic as one would like, but it was a pretty big deal for us.  Now, eight years later, we are...

Some OG Bitcoin wallets have seen life after more than 14 years of dormancy. Stocks and crypto react favorably to Trump striking a trade deal with Vietnam. And Jack Dorsey is back with a decentralized messaging app designed to take on WhatsApp and work over Bluetooth. 

Some say history is getting ready to repeat itself with an epic bull run.  Others say history means nothing when it comes to crypto cycles. We say with abs...

Bitcoin hashrate is declining even as interest in Bitcoin ETFs is growing. Robinhood has launched stock tokens. And the great state of Texas has made gold and silver legal tender once again. 

Along with crypto we’ve got some AI news for you.  Are you tired of winning yet?  We aren’t.  And we’re going to bring you more winning on our bad news episode #781 of The Bad Crypto Podcast.

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It’s been a turbulent week in the world politically and cryptoly as Trump intervenes in the Israel/Iran conflict. The markets responded with fear and then bounced back when it appeared that all would be okay. It’s turbulence that we are used to by now, but it doesn’t mean you don’t feel it when the shaking is going on.

Offline, Travis and I have been discussing the Bristol scale and wondering if you can char...

How crazy is it that even in spite of being on the brink of World War III, Bitcoin is still holding over $100,000?  How crazy is it that the Genius Act has passed through the US Senate and is now heading for the House of Representatives? And how crazy is AI accelerating with all the crazy stuff you can do with it?

If you’re looking for crazy you’ve come to the right place. We’re going to discuss the essential...

If it seems that we’ve been silent, it’s just because we took a Spring break… for four weeks. Mostly because I’ve been traveling and bandwidth has not been amenable. But that doesn’t mean the crypto world hasn’t continued turning… and no, you aren’t going to get rid of us that easy as we approach the beginning of our ninth year participating in the crypto revolution.  We’...

Some say profiting in crypto happens intentionally.  Others say it’s pure luck based on which tokens you buy. When you think about it there is a lot left to chance in this world. Who would have guessed that we’d still be doing this podcast almost 8 years later. We’ve got a luck-themed episode for you today, and it makes sense because this is our lucky number episode #777 of The Bad Crypto Podcast.

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